Meeting Date: April 5, 2023
To: Members of the Heritage Preservation Commission
From: Revee Needham, Assistant City Planner
Title
Staff Updates.
Body
Action Requested:
Hear updates from staff.
Summary Report:
1. The joint work session for April 20th has been cancelled for now. Stay tuned for more information to come.
2. Next month, the HPC and other commissions will receive updates on the renovations for Bridge Square.
3. Staff are working with a class at Carleton College to do a historic preservation StoryMap.
4. The City is working with Barr Engineering on a Feasibility Report to explore options for the Ames Mill Dam. More information will be presented in the coming months.
5. All properties within the Historic District are eligible to apply for funding through the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation's Main Street Grant program. More information is available at: https://www.northfieldmn.gov/1562/Main-Street-Grant
6. The EDA's Riverfront Enhancement Grant application will reopen on April 1st. Some properties in the Historic District are eligible to apply. More information is available at: https://www.northfieldmn.gov/753/EDA-Grants-Loans
7. Upcoming educational opportunities available:
* NAPC Local Preservation Strategies Webinar on April 6th. Register online at: https://www.napcommissions.org/webinar-series
* Rethos and SHPO will be hosting a webinar to discuss design considerations when planning a project on a second floor of a traditional main street commercial building on April 11th. Register online at: https://secure.rethos.org/np/clients/rethos/eventRegistration.jsp?forwardedFromSecureDomain=1&event=2962
* Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians Annual Meeting will be on April 19. Learn more at: https://mnsah.org/events/annual-meeting-2023
* How Planning and Preservation Can Work Together to Create Great Places Webinar on April 26th. Register online at: https://savingplaces-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/1816782999603/WN_1KoV0l4...
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